Republic Now announces a Head of State Policy Discussion in Toronto April 30
Could we continue to have this new “all Canadian” governor general (or president, if you like) essentially selected, as he or she is now, by the prime minister of Canada? Or is a direct or indirect election, as has been established in the “Westminster-model” parliamentary democracies of Ireland, India, and Trinidad and Tobago, necessary to give our office of head of state democratic legitimacy?Deets here.
In other news, you can explore with Philip Lagassé and James Bowden how the Queen is something called a corporation sole.
